March 25, 2010
Democrats voted against the GOP (Sen/Dr Tom Coburn – OK) amendment to ban ED drug coverage for sex offenders (57-42).
Why wasn’t it in the first version?
This amendment also prohibits coverage of Viagra and other ED medications to convicted child molesters, rapists, and sex offenders, and prohibits coverage of abortion drugs
The second half of the sentence is why they rejected it.
The vast majority of Americans don’t want their taxpayer dollars paying for this kind of drug for those kind of people.
The vast majority hope ED drugs never get in the hands of sex offenders.
Sen Max Baucus (D-MT) had a different take. He doesn’t think ED drugs and sex offenders are a big deal and finds the amendment a “mockery” and a ‘crass political stunt”.
BAUCUS:
This is a serious bill. This is a serious debate. The amendment offered by the senator from Oklahoma makes a mockery of the Senate, the debate and the American people. It is not a serious amendment. It is a crass political stunt aimed at making 30-second commercials, not public policy.
Wonder how he would feel after being raped for 30 hours?
